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The Herald, 1912-06-21, Page 6Take A Scoopful 01 Each ---- Side By Side Take "$t. Lawrence" Granulated in one scoop --and any other sugar in the other. Look at "St. Law. ranee" Sugar -- its perfect crystals .- its pure, white sparkle -- its even grain. Test it point by point, and you will see that Absolutely olutely est Absolutely sugar Pere is one of the choicest sugars ever refined—with a standard of purity that few sugars can boast. Try it in your home. Analysis shows, "St. Lawrence Granulated" to be "os. whoa to rood Pure Cane Sugar with no impurities whatever" "Most every dealer sells St. Lawrence Sugar." TEM ST. LAWRENCE SUGAR REFINING CO. LIMITED, MONTREAL. enzasenster 65 `� R UTTL[ CHILD'S PRR'{ER OR, THE DUEL IN THE GLEN. CHAPTER %XVII.—(Cont'd) The whe Irene and wihshakg hand, drew back the velvet portieres, and the sight that met her gaze was engraven upon her heart while her memory lasted. Nanette, the maid, sat in a low willow rocker before the grate ire. The even- ings were slightly chill now, and the pine Iogs in the burnished fire -place threw a rosy grateful warmth into the room, that was very comforting. On Nanette's lap, sat Ruby -iter darling -the pride of her heart! How lovely the little one looked, sit- ting there in the full glow of the firelight. The child was evidently tired, for the flaxen curly head drooped against Na. nette's shoulder. Irene gazed with her heart in her eyes. "Now, Miss Ruby," the nurse was say- ing, as she proceeded to disrobe the child. "I am going to put you to bed, and you must go to sleep -that's a dar- ling." "You may put me to bed, Nanette, but I shall not go to sleep," declared little Riley. decidedly. "And, why not?" asked Nanette, de- spairingly. Because I haven't kissed my mamma good night; and you haven't told me that fairy story you promised me, Nanny." "Your mamma has been very busy. no doubt," replier. Nanette she will come in k, ? n..nptiya..trid she�t.1 "- •1i .e. , 'you "are still awake." Yea, she will Iike it," persisted little Ruby. "She and I always have great romps when she finds me awake, and I'm going to wait for that." "But do wait in your nice little bed. then," coaxed Nanette. "If you will, I'll tell you the fairy story." To this preposition the child very readily agreed, and allowed Nanette to lay her down in her downy little nest. Now begin the story, Nanette," she cried, impatiently, "I'm in bed now." "Yes. but you must close your eyes and keep thein shut very tight," coaxed the maid. Well. after you begin," said the child, very warily. Nanette smiled, as she drew her willow rocker close to the bedside. "Once on a time," she commenced, "there was a very very wicked woman who had a very beautiful daughter; she loved this daughter very- dearly, but be. cause of some wrong she had done the girl was taken from her, she-" "I don t like that story." exclaimed the child, "I'd rather hear all over again the one about the wee dainty fairies danc- ing...on the blades of grass in the moon. light in the glen, with the chiming of the blue hells for music, and the twinkle of the fire -flies for lamps. Mamma used to tell the that story. It's--so-niece," The last words trailed off into a sleepy yawn. The flaxen curly head dropped back among the tare frills of the pillow, the child had drifter. into the beautiful land of Nod. "I knew she was as sleepy as sleepy could be," murmured Nannette. At that moment Irene entered the nur- sery with an unsteady step. "You may go, Nannette." she said; stili the girl lingered at the door, looking wistfully bank. "Oh. my lady," she exclaimed, "are .von ill? You do took se pale. Do let me sit with you, my lady;" but Irene shook her hed. I tenet to be mune with Ruby," elle said. "Tt will be some time before your master retell -1m," elle went nn, 'and I do not want to be disturbed until that time, you understand? I went, no one to tlisterb 4141' uuder any pretext, Nan- nette." I &hall see to it that you are not, my lady," replied 'lunette. "Nannette," the said, calling the girl back From the door; "you are very fond of Ruby --my darling --aro you not?" "Oh yes, my lady,- returned the girl, "I love little Missy so well I could give my life for ber." Teare eaten into Irene's eyes. "If I ,should aie, was suddenly lost to her, Nannette, he said, huskily, "you would never hit Ruby forget me, world you, my good girl?" "Oh, my lady," cried the frightened maid, "you are ill, you surely are, or You would not talk like that." "No, no, Nannette," returned Irene, "we all hale Nombre thoughts at times; you have always been kind to little Ruby,' she went on, "and I want to show you that I appreciate it; take this little chain that you have always admired 'co much;" and she took from her own neck a dainty chitin of cixnuieite workin anship, and clasped it al.iotit the girl's: "and when. ever you look at it, remember it is in grateful nrknnwledgrnont of your love for my daring. "Thew, do not say a word, Nannette,../ will net hear one weird cif thanks. Light my rending -lamp and leave me," e "Shall 1 return, my laxly?" eeked. Nan. netts "Not unless I call you," replied Irene. Left to lrereolf. Irene carefully closer) and belted the deer, .then glided swiftly across the room, dinging herself down On her knees by her child's eoucir. There was no one to see how she canelit up the tiny little form, weeping the wild- eel est tears that ever fell from a woman's eyes. "Mamma, is it you?" murmured little Ruby, sleepily, and the little head nest- led to her shoulder, and two soft pink arms were flung about her neck. "Oh, my darling! my darling!" sobbed Irene below her breath. "How can I leave You! I cannot, oh I cannot!" and she strained the child so tightly to her arms the little one cried out in sleepy. wonder, Irene unclasped the clinging arms, and laid the little ono gently back in her pret- ty nest of lace and eider -down, sobbing pitifully over her the while, Little Ruby, much to her relief, did not waken. "Oh, my darling!" site moaned. swaying to and fro like a reed shaken by the wind. "I -your mother --am bidding you fare- well, an eternal farewell, forever. I am leaving you in this hour, my darling, and it is tearing my heart -strings; it is more bitter than death. "You will never know hew I carne and bent over you. my darling, my heart breaking in my bosom. The cruelest des- tiny that ever overtook a woman and hunted her down has overtaken me. I have sinned, but oh, my babe It was done in Innocence, I knew not that that other ono still lived when I wedded your papa. I thought, ah, heaven, I call upon the listening angels to bear witness that I believed I was free -free!' stilllved, horrible truth I had read of one death long before fell upon me like the shock• of doom, in drove me mad with horror; after all these years the horrible skeleton of the past has burst from its ngrow efo1e9lndhtnftlisme, liit rmaltaislife holds dear." C'I-IAPTER SCVIII. Never stifiatrmel,thstar,shinngtfomthbue hea- vens, drifting in through the half -drawn light fall upon as sadder asightt thand the beautiful woman kneeling with a death white face beside that little couch. "Let nee te.tr myself away while 1 have the strength to go," she murmured. 'Ile said he was in honor bound to give my story broadcast to the world unless X parted from Frederick, and from you - his child. If 1 refused, it would mean disgrace, ruin for all, and Frederick would spurn me. Yea. I must go! I -must Ieave you!;' There could be no words of parting be- tween Frederick and herself she well knew -she must write her farewell to him. There was no pen and paper in the nut. sery. Irene touched the bell. and Nan- notce appeared at once. "Nannette," she said, "go to my bou- doir, to my writing -desk, and bring me pen, ink, and paper. 'There is a photo- graph of my -my husband, on the desk, fetch that, ton; be quick." A few moments later, the maid appear. ed with the artieles, and again Irene dis- missed her, though the girl would fain have lingered. "My lady is going to write a letter and at this time in the evening, too, now why should she do that," muttered Nannette, "she knows it will not be posted before morning. I do hope she is not going to turn out a literary lady like the last mite 1;11448 I lived with. Iter bell was forever going at all hours of the night and it was always: --Bring me pen and paper, .quick, Nannette, a thought ie flying past inc. I niu€�t seize it ,, tiuie or it will dodge me." Irene had closed acct firmly fastened the door again, sat down at the table and with trembling hand commenced writing her letter to her husband. It was very brief and said simply:- " 'Frederick: -I have left you forever - when you read this 1 than be far away. I hare shined: but oh, blame me not, for my little child's sake, whom I leave with you. All I ask is this, Frederick -it is my prayer- do not teach her to curse me. If you knew all, you might forgive me for going -for love's sake. There is no help for me. Irene." The lines were hurriedly written, and Irene, in her hurry, did not see that they could be interpreted as a strong confes- sion cif guilt. Where could e]re place it -where his eyes would be likely to rest upon it et once when he entered the room as he always did to kiss little Ruby, awake or asleep, good night --anti the thought ocenrred to her to pin it to her darling's breast, and this elle did; yes, he would be sure to see it there -at once. Quickly Irene catches rip the long, mark renal; and the plain hat, with the dark, Heavy veil wound round it, which she had thrust behind the portieres when she bad entered the room, finding Nannette there, and hastily donned them; then gropes her way, like one fainting, back to the (touch on which her darling lay- the little ebild which bound her heart to Frederick -the child she loves] a theusand times dearer than her own life, "Oh, my baby, good-byel heaven watch over nod comfort you, my helpless child," site robbed wildly. "You will never know hew your leer mother's heart broke as she kissed yon farewell. Ah, God! Ho* van I heave yen!" f Twice Irene crept to iho door, a d an many times turned hied- 1'F take oete lest look at the face dearox';ltz» all file world', beside, to her, i 'i, A step on the stair ria tied her; the fatal moment of partin come, Cilia. must tear herself away. ;site had reached the door the third one, elle fled swiftly through it without . e jewelweed glance lest her courage s]ttlild leave her. Like a shadow she glide;t . through the long corridors and out into the sweet night air. No one who set *the etlent figure, half hiding as she huiiricd swiftly, along under the trees, andb, the hedges,: would ever have thought that .was Irene Emend, She walked en sure , Meeting no one; nothing disturbed he "save that even and anon, the rabbits a;l?ed fl'em their leafy coverts and dartee aorosas the path before her; or a starttcd light ,bird cried from its nest in the trees, w- If anyone had mentioned to her -long ago of a lady, delicate and chanter. Valle ing through the lonely high -roads at night she would have wondered •howit could he done without great fear; she seemed to have forgotten all fear, She remelll- bored only one thing, she had parted from her husband and her little chid forever mere, and never in this life would she see their faces again. It did net occur to her where, or which way she was going. She had MAY one object in view, to walk along slvtftlY- to be so far when morning dawned, they would never find her. She walked on,.:and on, and the great lights of Landoll 'fad- ed, slowly, one by one, in the distanee, so it seemed to her. Her brain whirled; her mind seemed one chaos of confused thought. Where should she go? Went could site do'? In the distance she heard the murmur of rippling waters laving .the shore, and walked on, she soon found her- self at London Bridge. Afar off a huge clock tolled thepasaing hour. Tt was midnight. When Irene reached the centre of the great' bridge she paused. don. darkow oshadows water n it with d to tier, and, the stars twinkling in its waves seem- -04'W bo inviting heaven below the waters, She stood there "Where the lamps Quiver Far down in the river; Bouaeless and homeless She wandered by night." Women passed her by with gilded hair, painted faces and tawdry finery; with light words on their wrotohed lips, Young Kele went by with the laughter of de- tuons coming from their young mouths. Men passed her by with sneers and jeers, pndrnore than one comment on the beauty oilier. face. But Irene neither saw nor heard. Suddenly, Irene saw -a woman come hur- riedly along the bridge, pause, and glance wildly about her. She did not see Irene, who stood near her in the thick, black shadow. "Death is the and of life at the best," muttered the woman. "What dons it :nat- ter that it is ended one time more than another; I am dying of hunger and of thirst; one splash and all will be over - one moment more and I shall be beyond sorrow.' She drew her clothes tightly around her, and took the fatal plunge! - but, she did not go over the brink, down into- the dark, glassy water, two white hands had clutched her and drawn her back from the very portals of death, and a voice cried out gaspingly:- "What would you do, woman?" CHAPTER XXVIII.- (Cont'd) "Leave an unkind world for -well, no matter 1vhat, or where. Perdition could not be worse than what I have had here. Who are you, who would hold me bath from my perpoee? And two glaring, de- fiant eyes, glared into the white, beau tiful face, looking with horror into her o1Y11. It was Irene who had rescued the wo man. And for an. instant, these two, whose lives were destined to cross so strangely -so wondrously -looked steadily into each other's faces. "I am one as wretchedly unhappy as yourself," murmured Irene; "but. great as my sorrow is, 'I could never seek to end it by taking my own life -'The Lord giv- eth-and. the Lord taketh away,'" she quoted, gravely. What does it matter that 1 die now or tomorrow night -or the next day be found dead with the sun shining on my face; it would come to it by that time, for I' am starving -do you hear, starving!' I have stood in the street for two days, supplicating work -alms -food at last, but people laughed as they passed me by. One woman got down from her coach and thrust a tract ite my hand; -I dashed it into her face, crying out to ]ler what I say to you. Don't talk religion to a starv- ing woman -talk BREAD!" "Come away from the water; you shall have food," replied Irene, forgetting for the moment her own sorrow in the ab- ject misery of this forlorn creature. She followed Irene, with an eagerness pitiful to behold, to the nearest place where re- freshments could he obtained. When the pangs of hunger had subdued, she turned to Irene with tears in her eyes. "You have put new life into my body. God bless you, lady; for you aro a lady, I can see that -no matter what brought you to London Bridge at midnigbt." Irene drew a bank -note from the well- filled purse she had taken the precaution to bring with her. "Take that," she said, pressing it into the other's hand, it will keep you from hunger until you can find something to do." (To be continued.) ,,aaYaath,?t'7kfi!.rsiDJ'^"+• n `'s`-`;.t:t. tea BY a , �r+1ter 1".- 4�5 ate g .5ii a,a i. tiLtice �k�. ;c:xn�rr�sY;�;k�,.�."v" �1ti1: ViJ.; ` ,'eels+y'' 7',. 3t,`,`,.zi '7 .✓a •''y, ' • t1' :'.�yg a",1fit' *:nieneee - ft9J'iie, r .. The ne Its Era Gran `. to reservi ana When you pay a good price for your strawberries, and spend a lot of time preparing, cooking and bottling them, isn't it too bad only to get after all, preserve3 that "might have been better" ? Yet that is what you do get, unless you use the very best sugar as well as the finest fruit. ' Every trace Of impurity in the sugar has a bad effect on the flavor and the keeping gttn�g 1Fie preserves. gejlt 'Extra Granulated Sugar is refined to absolute purity, and put up, without being touched by human hand, in 2 and 5 pound Sealed Cartons and in 20 and roo pound bags. Buy Sugar in these original packages and you get Canada's finest sugar, at its best. Make your preserves, jellies and jams with geaExtra Granulated and you'll get the most gratifying returns from your time,. skill and money. ee eve eeezew.„ ye, J 26 MT' "Ye Old Sugar.b,oafc" ofiaa•i M E CAI�IADA SUGAR REFINING CO. • .1M1'rCo.. Try this way of preserving Strawberries —it works splendidly. Hull and clean the strawberries and put them into jars which have been sterilized with boiling water. Fill each jar, but do not pack the fruit down. - Make a thin syrup by boiling for ten minutes 3 parts of REDPATH Extra Granulated Sugar in 5 parts of water. You will need nearly as many pints of syrup as of fruit. Pour the syrup over the fruit, filling the jars. Screw on the covers, without the rubbers, stand the jars on strips of wood in a wash -boiler, and cover them to within an inch of the tops with cold water. Bring this water to a boil and cook for from 15 to 20 minutes, according to the ripeness of the berries. Watch closely after they have boiled 15 minutes, and when cooked remove at once. Have the syrup, which was left over, 'very hot. With a fork gently stir the fruit so as to get out all the air bubbles, then fill each jar up with the hot syrup and seal, being careful no leave no air inside. Strawberries, raspberries or any other fruit preserved in this way keep their shape and size, and retain much more of the fresh fruit flavor than if they are cooked up in the ordinary way, The Canada Sugar Relining Co. Malted, Montreal. a On the Farm TIME TO WATER HORSES. A horse should be watered before feeding, and never given a large quantity of water after a meal, for the simple reason that the water will wash the food out of the sto- mach before stomach digestion has' taken place, and the food will not bb well prepared for absorption; and besides • it is sometimes the cause of colic. There is a popular idea that a warm horse should not be allowed to drink, and, unlike a great many other popular ideas, there is a little truth in it. If You water 'a waren horse in the ordinary way, letting him drink all that he will, you are likely to have a foundered horse on your hands. This is especially so if, at the time, the horse is fatigued. Nevertheless, it is always safe to allow him from Si*. to ten swallows, no matter how warm he is. If this,.: be given on going into the stable; and he is allowed to stand and eat' hay for an hour and. is then offered water, he will not drink nearly so much as he would have had none been given before. The danger is not in the first swallow, as we often hear it assert- ed, but in the excessive quantities he will drink if not restrained. ' John Splan, the great trainer, writes: "As to water, I: think that a horse should have all that he wants at all times. A man says: 'Why ; will you give your horse water before a race?' Yes, before the race, in the race, and after the race and any other time that he wants to drink. When .I say give your horse all the water he wants before the race, I do not mean that you shall tie hire in a warm stall where he cannot get a drink for five or six hours on a hot day, and then take him to the pump and give him all that he wants, What I mean is to give him water often, and, in that way, he will take only a small quantity at a time." After long, continuous exertion the system is greatly depleted of fluid. Nature calls for its replace- ment, and this is the cause of a thirst which is so intense that, if the animal is not restrained at this time, he may drink much more than he needs. The custom, .almost 'universally followed, of giving the -morning meal before water, is not very 'ob- jectionable, either theoretically or practically. At this time there is no depletion of fluid, consequently the horse is not very thirsty and does not drink rapidly or excessive- ly, and apparently very little evil results from this method.. How- ever, the writer much prefers that the horse should have an opportu- nity to drink before the morning meal. Personally, I much prefer keeping horses, both summer and winter, in an open shed, with a large water tank in the yard, to tying them by the head in a barn. Not only in giving water to hors- es must care be exercised, but in every other way. Many a good driving horse has its years of usefulness cut short by being left in the hands of some per- son who does not know how to take care of a. horse or does not care what happens to the horse that happens to comp into his hands. One of the most common ways of injuring a driving horse is by driv- ing him hard in cool weather, and when the horse has been brought in to a sweat, leaving hive uncovered. and exposed to cold winds or to drafts in a stable, It is seldolh necessary to drive a horse so hard on a cor11 day that he will be in a sweat, In warm wea- ther it is different, as the horse then sweats with little exertion. When the horse has been driven until he is covered with foam and sweat, he should be taken into a stable, rubbed down with whisps of hay or piece of rough cloth, and then blanketed. The neglect of such precautions has resulted in many a horse catching cold that has proved serious. Driving. is a science itself, and there are..many mature people who have not learned. how to drive a horse. They have no idea as to the amount of work he is able to per- form without lessening his vitality. It must be remembered that a , horse, as well as a marc, is limited. as to what he eau do. With headquarters at Hamburg, .. the Hamburg -American Line is the largest owner of steamships in the world. it